With the help of our readers, Facebook followers and fellow tweeters, we're creating our annual map of some of the best light displays in Nova Scotia! They can be big and bright, or just something a little bit special that makes you smile.

VANCOUVER — For years, sweaters bristling with bells, lights, appliqued Santa Clauses, snowmen and reindeer were mocked as the exclusive province of the tasteless at Christmas.
But the tide is turning and the ugly Christmas sweater has...

Neptune Theatre’s A Christmas Story is a sweet, nostalgic play about one boy’s burning desire for “a Red Ryder 200-shot carbine-action Range Model air rifle.”
A Christmas classic as a 1983 movie, the play sweeps its audience back to 1939 and a time...

LOS ANGELES — Pet owners looking to launch the next Internet sensation or just longing for a new view of their dog’s dashing and digging won’t have to shop for long to find the perfect holiday gift. Wrap up a dog harness that holds...Read More

Here's our weekly guide to doing stuff on the weekend in Nova Scotia. If you're one of the people lucky enough to going to the sold-out Hal-Con, you probably don't need this list. But if you're not going to see Hodor or to get your...Read More

MONTREAL — Armed with a load of presents at the Montreal Walmart store checkout, the tired-looking shopper says she’s keenly aware she’s going to start the new year with a new credit card debt.Read More

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking...Read More

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday. A massive explosion killed the majority on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas mass.Read More

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Hundreds of worshippers, dressed in their holiday best and clutching umbrellas to shield them from a lashing rain, packed the church on Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Sunday to celebrate Christmas mass at Jesus’...Read More

Angels don’t just sing at Christmas time. For most Americans, they’re a year-round presence. A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 77 per cent of adults believe these ethereal beings are real.Read More

LONDON — It will be a traditional Christmas weekend for the Queen’s extended family, which now includes the former Kate Middleton, with the quiet holiday break to be followed by a year’s worth of festivities to mark the queen...Read More